Strap holder



c. A. RITTER. STRAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEZB, 1920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922 narran s'ra'rs TENT CFFHCE.

CHARLES A. RITTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO NESTOR JOHNSON MANU.. FACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STRAP HOLDER.

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' Application filed .Tune 28,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. RITTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Strap Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to strap holders, particularly adapted for ice skates, and consists in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings-n p Fig. 1 is a side view of an ice skate with shoe attached and showing a strap holder of my invention secured to the under side of Vthe heel plate of said skate;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the parts;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the rear end of the skate, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, with parts in section and parts in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view taken on line 4.-4 of Fig. 3(

The ice skate shown in the drawing is of he tubular type and has a runner 1, a front cup 2, a sole plate 3, anda rear cup 4 having at its upper end an integral marginal flange 5,'which forms the heel platel of the skate. These plates are ysubstantially horizontal and are supported above the runner 1 by the cups 2, 4. The skate is securely fastened to a shoe, such as 6, by fasteningmeinbers, such as rivets 7 inserted into the sole of the shoe and heel portions of the shoe through holes provided for that purpose in the sole and heel plates of the skate, as customary in skates of this general character.

`A separate strap 8, having a buckle 9, is used to hold the rear of the7skate more tightly and rmly against the heel of the foot than gained by the shoe alone. -This strap is looped under the heel plate 5 to the rear of the rear cup 4 and encircles the shoe on the outside thereof and extends over the instep of the foot, where it is tightened by the buckle 9.

To attach the strap 8 to the heel plate 5, there is applied to the under side ofthe heel plate, to the rear of the rear cup and in line with the runner, a strap Aholder made in accordance with my invention. This holder is made of sheet metal, and comprises a body portion 10, in the form of a fiat plate, preferably rectangular with one edge 11 concave `ten ds the strap Specification of Letters Patent. Atengd A1913 18, 1922.

1920. serial Nol 392,448.

cured to the heel plate by a single rivet or other fastener 12 and by fitting against the rear cup 4 is held from turning about said rivet. The side portions of the plate 10 on opposite sides of the runner are cut or punched out and bent downward to provide depending loops 13, 13, through which ex- 8.

The strap holder 10, having two loops 13, 13 spaced apart, engages the strap 8 at two separated points in its length under the heel plate 5 and serves to keep aportion ofl the strap under the heel plate substantially straight and thus gains more bearing of the strap on the heel plate than would be'possible with only one loop. This adds to the effectiveness of the strap in holding the heel 'of the shoe and skate' tightly against the heel of the foot eventhough the shoe be of a size large enough to allow a relatively thick woolen or other sock to be worn. The

loops 13, 13 being a rigid part of the plate 10, makes the use of only one fastening rivet necessary for both loops, this facilitating securing the loops to the skate and further permitting the holder to be sold as a separate piece and. be applied to a skate by the user or dealer when required.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination in an ice skate, of runner, a shoe plate supported above the runner by an upright member, said shoe plate being rigid with the upper end of said member, and a strap holder comprising a flat plate secured Vto the under side of the shoe plate in line with the runner and having its side portions on opposite sides of the runner out out and bent downward to provide depending loops to receive a strap.

2. TheV combination in an ice skate, of a runner, a shoe plate supported above the runner by a cup, said shoe plate being rigid with the upper end of said cup, and a strap holder comprising a flat plate secured by a single fastener to the under side of said shoe plate in line with said runner and having a concave edge to fit against said cup, said holder plate having its side portions on opposite sides of the runner cut out and bent downward to provide depending loops to receive a strap.

3. The combination in an ice skate, of a llO runner, a heel plate supported above theV runner by a rear cup, said heel piate being integral with tlie upper enel` of the rear eup andprojeoting outward therefrom about the Sides and to the rear thereof', and a strapl holder comprising a flat plate secured to the under side of the heel plate to the rear of saidk cupy by a single fastener in line withV said runner, said holder-plateV having one edge engaging said rear cup and having its 10 side portions on opposite sides of the runner out out. and bent downward' to provide two loops to receive a'strap.

Inl testimony that I claim the foregoing asvmy invention, I alx my signature, this l 

